This novel study for The Cay includes questions for each chapter, a before reading activity, two characterization activities, two context clues activities, two inferencing activities, and a review card game. Questions are text dependent and written

This novel study for CRASH includes chapter questions, a before reading activity, two characterization activities, two context clues activities, two inferencing activities, and a review card game. Questions are text dependent and written

Includes questions for each chapter, a before reading activity, two characterization activities, two context clues activities, two inferencing activities, and a review card game. Questions are text dependent and written specifically for this

This novel study for Schooled includes text based chapter questions, two before-reading activities, three key idea and detail activities, two context clues activities, four inferencing activities, and a review card game. All of the questions and

This novel study for Because of Winn-Dixie includes chapter questions, a before reading activity, main idea and details activities, context clue activities, inferencing activities, a follow-up activity, and a review card game. Questions are text

These story studies for classic Christmas stories include story questions and two additional activity sheets for each of seven traditional stories for the winter holiday season. The story questions are text-dependent and focus on Key Ideas and

This novel study for A Wrinkle in Time includes chapter questions, two before reading activities, key idea and details activities, context clue and language activities, inferencing activities, activities about the controversy surrounding this novel,

This activity asks students to chart the changes that the character Phillip in the novel, The Cay, undergoes throughout the course of the story. A timeline with specific story points is provided, and students are asked to write and draw to

With this cut-and-paste activity, students organize events from Lois Lowry's novel, Number the Stars, to complete a graphic organizer.
First, student organize the basic elements of plot along the lines of the plot diagram, and then they sort

With this project, for use after reading Jerry Spinelli's novel, CRASH, students create yearbook pictures and captions for Crash, Penn, Mike, Jane, and Abby according to the directions given. To do a good job on the project, students will make use

This is a figurative language activity to use after reading Gordon Korman's novel, SCHOOLED, which has an abundance of interesting metaphors that the kids will relate to. It is a one-page activity sheet that gives examples and then asks students to

This scrapbook activity, for Kate DiCamillo's novel Because of Winn-Dixie, is a fun way for students to review events and characters from the novel. There are two activity pages. The first page provides images of items from the story, such as a

This scrapbook activity for Patricia Reilly Giff's novel, Pictures of Hollis Woods, is a fun way for students to review events and study the character of Hollis. Students draw the scene described in each of the "picture" sections of the novel, add

Bud, Not Buddy - Living in the Great Depression includes two extension activities for this great middle grades novel about a boy on his own during the 1930s. For the first activity, Picturing Life in a Hooverville, students create a six-frame

This after-reading activity for Sharon Creech's novel, Walk Two Moons, includes three fun activity sheets that follow up on some of the writings in the story - Mrs. Partridge's secret notes, Sal's mother's postcards, and the journals that caused

This extension activity for Madeleine L'Engle's novel, A Wrinkle in Time, includes two fun activity sheets based on Mrs. Who's quotes. In the novel, Mrs. Who got her points across by reciting quotes. This activity asks students to interpret those

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

My experience includes about twenty-eight years of teaching, mainly in middle school. For most of that time, I taught English and Reading, as well as a variety of other subjects in inclusion and self-contained classes. Currently, with my TPT store, I focus on creating teaching resources that are engaging for students and helpful for teachers, and I also stay in touch with teaching by volunteering in a literacy tutoring program.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My style is all about the middle grades, mainly grades 4 through 7. My goal is to create teaching resources that appeal to the active learning style of middle grade kids by using original written passages, colorful designs, and age-appropriate graphics.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

My favorite reward from teaching is watching kids get really engaged in classroom activities. Hearing that other teachers find my resources useful and reading comments about how their kids enjoy the activities is very rewarding, too.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

My bachelor's degree is in secondary education with a major in English, and my master's degree is in special education.